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Lyle Waggoner Apr 13, 1935: Businessman and television actor, Lyle Waggoner born in Kansas City, Kansas |
Lindsay Wagner Jun 22, 1949: Emmy Award winning actress, Lindsay Wagner born in Los Angeles, California |
Robert Wagner Feb 10, 1930: Actor Robert Wagner born in Detroit, Michigan |
Lech Walesa Sep 29, 1943: Nobel Peace Prize recpient, Lech Wałęsa born in Popowo, Poland |
Christopher Walken Mar 31, 1943: Academy Award winning film and theater actor, Christopher Walken born in Queens, New York |
Nancy Walker May 10, 1922: Actress Nancy Walker born Anna Myrtle Swoyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Larry Wall Sep 27, 1954: Author and creator of the Perl programming language, Larry Wall born in Los Angeles, California |
Mike Wallace May 9, 1918: CBS 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace born in Brookline, Massachusetts |
Nancy Walls Jul 19, 1966: Theater and movie actress, Nancy Walls born in Cohasset, Massachusetts |
Joe Walsh Nov 20, 1947: Guitarist, songwriter and singer, Joe Walsh born in Wichita, Kansas |
Ray Walston Dec 2, 1914: Tony Award winning actor Ray Walston born in New Orleans, Lousiana |
Little Walter May 1, 1930: Blues harmonica legend "Little Walter" born Marion Walter Jacobs in Marksville, Louisiana |
Darrel Waltrip Feb 5, 1947: 3-time Winston Cup champion, race car driver Darrel Waltrip born in Owensboro, Kentucky |
Rachel Ward Sep 12, 1957: Actress Rachel Ward born in Oxfordshire, England |
Sela Ward Jul 11, 1956: Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning actress, Sela Ann Ward born in Meridian, Mississippi |
Joseph Wardell Jul 12, 1909: Actor Joseph "Curly Joe" Wardell born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Andy Warhol Aug 6, 1928: Artist,film maker, and author, Andy Warhol born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Lesley Ann Warren Aug 16, 1946: Golden Globe Award winning actress Lesley Ann Warren born in New York City |
Robert Penn Warren Apr 24, 1905: Pulitzer Prizes for both poetry and fiction, poet laureate Robert Penn Warren born in Guthrie, Kentucky |
Dionne Warwick Dec 12, 1940: Humanitarian, actress and five-time Grammy Award winning singer, Dionne Warwick born in East Orange, New Jersey |
George Washington Feb 22, 1732: Surveyor, planter, soldier and first president of the United States, George Washington born in Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia |
Muddy Waters Apr 4, 1915: "Father of the Chicago Blues", guitarist Muddy Waters born McKinley Morganfield in Mississippi |
Cynthia Watros Sep 2, 1968: Emmy Award winning actress, Cynthia Watros born in Lake Orion, Michigan |
Emma Watson Apr 15, 1990: Fashion model and actress, Emma Watson born in Paris, France |
Sr, Thomas J Watson Feb 17, 1874: Teacher, salesman, and president of IBM, Thomas J. Watson, Sr born in Elmira, New York |
Naomi Watts Sep 28, 1968: Actress Naomi Watts born in Kent, England |
David Wayne Jan 30, 1914: Tony Award winning actor, David Wayne born in Traverse City, Michigan |
John Wayne May 26, 1907: Academy Award winning actor John Wayne born Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa |
Dennis Weaver Jun 4, 1924: Emmy Award winning actor Dennis Weaver born in Joplin, Missouri |
Sigourney Weaver Oct 8, 1949: Golden Globe Award winning actress, Sigourney Weaver born in Manhattan, New York |
Andrew Lloyd Webber Mar 22, 1948: Oscar winning composer Andrew Lloyd Webber born in London, England |
Noah Webster Oct 16, 1758: Lexicographer, author, and spelling reformer Noah Webster born in Hartford, Connecticut |
Johnny Weissmuller Jun 2, 1904: Actor and five time Olympic Gold medalist swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller born in Freidorf, Austria-Hungary |
Rachel Weisz Mar 7, 1970: Academy Award winning actress, Rachel Weisz born in London, England |
Raquel Welch Sep 5, 1940: Beauty pageant winner, weather announcer and actress, Raquel Welch born Jo Raquel Tejada in Chicago, Illinois |
Tuesday Weld Aug 27, 1943: Golden Globe Award winning actress Tuesday Weld born in New York City |
Lawrence Welk Mar 11, 1903: Musician, accordion player, and bandleader, Lawrence Welk born in Strasburg, North Dakota |
Orson Welles May 6, 1915: Actor, director, producer and Academy Award winning screenwriter, Orson Welles born in Kenosha, Wisconsin |
HG Wells Sep 21, 1866: Author HG Wells born in London, England |
Junior Wells Dec 9, 1934: Blues singer and harmonica player, Junior Wells born in Memphis, Tennessee |
Adam West Sep 19, 1928: Actor Adam West born in Walla Walla, Washington |
Dottie West Oct 11, 1932: Grammy Award winning country singer, Dottie West born Dorothy Marie Marsh in Frog Pond, Tennessee |
Mae West Aug 17, 1893: Playwright, screen writer and actress, Mae West born in Woodhaven, New York |
Speedy West Jan 25, 1924: Record producer and pedal steel guitar player, Speedy West born Wesley Webb West in Springfield, Missouri |
George Westinghouse Oct 6, 1846: Inventor and engineer, George Westinghouse born in Central Bridge, New York |
Joanne Whalley Aug 25, 1964: Actress Joanne Whalley born in Salford, England |
Wil Wheaton Jul 29, 1972: Blogger, Trekkie and actor, Wil Wheaton born in Burbank, California |
Julia Whelan May 8, 1984: Actress Julia Whelan born in Oregon |
Lisa Whelchel May 29, 1963: Mouseketeer, actress, speaker and author, Lisa Whelchel born in Littlefield, Texas |
James Whistler Jul 11, 1834: Avante-garde artist James Whistler born in Lowell, Massachusetts |
Fatima Whitbread Mar 3, 1961: Olympic Gold Medal javelinist, Fatima Whitbread born in London, England |
Jaleel White Nov 27, 1976: Screenwriter and actor, Jaleel White born in Pasadena, California |
Vanna White Feb 18, 1957: Wheel of Fortune letter-turner, Vanna White born Vanna Marie Rosich in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
Wilhelm Wien Jan 13, 1864: Nobel prize winning physicist whose work laid the foundations for mass spectroscopy, Wilhelm Wien born in Fischhausen, East Prussia |
Norbert Wiener Nov 26, 1894: Founder of cybernetics, Norbert Wiener born in Columbia, Missouri |
Dianne Wiest Mar 28, 1948: Stage, television and Academy Award winning film actress, Dianne Wiest born in Kansas City, Missouri |
Cherry Wilder Sep 3, 1930: Science fiction and fantasy writer, Cherry Wilder born Cherry Barbara Grimm in Auckland, New Zealand |
Gene Wilder Jun 11, 1933: Academy Award nominated comedic actor, Gene Wilder born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Queen Wilhelmina Aug 31, 1880: Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands born Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Maria in The Hague, Netherlands |
Clarence Williams III Aug 21, 1939: Star of Mod Squad, actor Clarence Williams III born in New York City |
Hank Williams Jr May 26, 1949: Singer and southern rock musician Hank "Bocephus" Williams Jr born in Shreveport, Louisiana |
Cindy Williams Aug 22, 1947: Actress Cindy Williams born in Van Nuys, California |
Deniece Williams Jun 3, 1951: Singer, songwriter and record producer, Deniece Williams born in Gary, Indiana |
Donna Williams Dec 10, 1978: NeoPets co-founder Donna Williams born in England |
Jody Williams Oct 9, 1950: Teacher and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Jody Williams born in Brattlebor, Vermont |
Montel Williams Jul 3, 1956: US Marine and Emmy Award nominated talk show host, Montel Williams born in Baltimore, Maryland |
Tennessee Williams Mar 26, 1911: Pulizter Prize winning playwright, Tennessee Williams born in Columbus, Mississippi |
Sonny Boy Williamson Dec 5, 1899: Harmonica player, singer and songwriter, Sonny Boy Williamson II born Aleck Ford in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi |
Boxcar Willie Sep 1, 1931: US Air Force B-29 pilot, guitarist and singer, Boxcar Willie born Lecil Travis Martin in Red Oak, Texas |
Bruce Willis Mar 19, 1955: Singer, actor and co-founder of Planet Hollywood, Walter Bruce Willis born in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany |
Meredith Willson May 18, 1902: Tony Award winning composer, songwriter, conductor and playwright, Meredith Willson born in Mason City, Iowa |
Ann Wilson Jun 19, 1950: Floutist and singer Ann Wilson born in San Diego, California |
Cindy Wilson Feb 28, 1957: Singer, songwriter and founding member of The B-52's, Cindy Wilson born in Athens, Georgia |
Mary Wilson Mar 6, 1944: Founder of the The Supremes, singer Mary Wilson born in Greenville, Mississippi |
Nancy Wilson Mar 16, 1954: Singer, composer and Heart guitarist, Nancy Wilson born in San Francisco, California |
Nancy Wilson Feb 20, 1937: Three-time Grammy Award winning singer Nancy Wilson born in Chillicothe, Ohio |
Owen Wilson Nov 18, 1968: Owen Wilson (Shanghai Knights, Zoolander, Royal Tenenbaums, Cars) born in Dallas, Texas |
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Oprah Winfrey Jan 29, 1954: Philanthropist and Emmy Award winning talk show host, Oprah Winfrey born in Kosciusko, Mississippi |
Debra Winger May 16, 1955: Soldier and Academy Award nominated actress, Debra Winger born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio |
Henry Winkler Oct 30, 1945: Author, director and actor, Henry Winkler born in Manhattan, New York |
Mare Winningham May 16, 1959: Gong Show contestant, singer and Emmy Award winning actress, Mare Winningham born in Phoenix, Arizona |
Edgar Winter Dec 28, 1946: Musician, songwriter and singer, Edgar Winter born in Beaumont, Texas |
Johnny Winter Feb 23, 1944: Grammy Award winning record producer, singer and guitarist, Johnny Winter born in Beaumont, Texas |
Jonathan Winters Nov 11, 1925: Emmy Award winning actor and comedian, Jonathan Winters born in Bellbrook, Ohio |
Shelley Winters Aug 18, 1920: Academy Award winning actress, Shelley Winters born in St Louis, Missouri |
John Winthrop Dec 19, 1714: Mathematician, physicist and astronomer, John Winthrop born in Boston, Massachusetts |
PG Wodehouse Oct 15, 1881: Author PG Wodehouse born in Surrey, England |
Joseph Wolf Jan 22, 1820: Wildlife artist, Joseph Wolf born in Münstermaifeld, Germany |
Naomi Wolf Nov 12, 1962: Political consultant, feminist and author, Naomi Wolf born in San Francisco, California |
Jack Wolfman Jan 21, 1938: World renowned disk jockey, Wolfman Jack born Robert Weston Smith in Brooklyn, New York |
Stevie Wonder May 13, 1950: Grammy Award winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame songwriter, musician and singer, Stevie Wonder born in Saginaw, Michigan |
Anna May Wong Jan 3, 1905: International silent and sound film actress, Anna May Wong born in Los Angeles, California |
Ellen Wood Jan 17, 1814: Novelist Ellen Wood born in Worcester, England |
Grant Wood Feb 13, 1891: Painter Grant Wood born in Anamosa, Iowa |
Lana Wood Mar 1, 1946: Actress and Bond girl, Lana Wood born Svetlana Gurdin in Santa Monica, California |
Natalie Wood Jul 20, 1938: Academy Award nominated actress Natalie Wood born in San Francisco, California |
Ron Wood Jun 1, 1947: Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood born in London, England |
Lee Woodruff Aug 18, 1961: Peabody Award winning television journalist, Bob Woodruff born in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
Tiger Woods Dec 30, 1975: PGA champion and golfing legend Eldrick "Tiger" Woods born in Cypress, California |
Joanne Woodward Feb 27, 1930: Academy, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress, Joanne Woodward born in Thomasville, Georgia |
Virginia Woolf Jan 25, 1882: Essayist and novelist, Virginia Woolf born Adeline Virginia Stephen in London, England |
Jo Anne Worley Sep 6, 1937: Actress and comedienne, Jo Anne Worley born in Lowell, Indiana |
Steve Wozniak Aug 11, 1950: Computer engineer and co-founder of Apple, inventor Steve Wozniak born in San Jose, California |
Frank Lloyd Wright Jun 8, 1867: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright born in Richland Center, Wisconsin |
Jane Wyatt Aug 12, 1910: Actress Jane Wyatt born in Campgaw, New Jersey |
Wyeth Jul 12, 1917: Presidential Medal of Freedom winning realist painter, Andrew Newell Wyeth born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania |
Jane Wyman Jan 5, 1917: Academy Award winning actress, Jane Wyman born Sarah Jane Mayfield in St Joseph, Missouri |
Tammy Wynette May 5, 1942: Country Hall of Fame Grammy Award winning singer, Tammy Wynette born Virginia Wynette Pugh in Tremont, Mississippi |
Ed Wynn Nov 9, 1886: Actor Ed Wynn born Isaiah Edwin Leopold in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Amanda Wyss Nov 24, 1960: Actress Amanda Wyss born in Manhattan Beach, California |